Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Doss v. Commonwealth 42 Va. 558 1844 1 Virginia
Howbert v. Cauthorn 100 Va. 649 1902 1 Virginia
Cheatham v. Gower 94 Va. 383 1897 1 Virginia
Crews' Adm'r v. Hatcher 91 Va. 378 1895 1 Virginia
Chapman v. Chapman 90 Va. 409 1894 1 Virginia
Gish v. Moomaw 89 Va. 345 1892 1 Virginia
Robertson v. Gillenwaters 85 Va. 116 1888 1 Virginia
Taliaferro v. Day 82 Va. 79 1886 1 Virginia
Brown v. Brown's Adm'r 72 Va. 502 1879 1 Virginia
Stone's Ex'or v. Nicholson 68 Va. 1 1876 1 Virginia
Steptoe v. Read 60 Va. 1 1868 1 Virginia
Elam v. Keen 31 Va. 333 1833 1 Virginia
Ewing v. Ewing 29 Va. 337 1830 1 Virginia
Johnson v. Gibbons 68 Va. 632 1876 1 Virginia
Northwestern Bank v. Nelson 42 Va. 109 1844 1 Virginia
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Harman v. Oberdorfer 74 Va. 497 1880 1 Virginia
Paine v. Tutwiler 68 Va. 440 1876 1 Virginia
Lamberts v. Cooper's 70 Va. 61 1877 1 Virginia